Wheel remover



March 5, 1929. F, ANDEL 1,704,160

' WHEEL REMOVER Filed Dec. 24, 1926 amount ii dfl Patented Mar. 5, 19249.

[TED STATES FRANK J. AIIDEL, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VJI-IEEL nnmoviita.

Application filed December 24, 1926. Serial iTo. 156,807.

My invention relates to an improvement in wheel removers, my general object being to provide a simple device which may be easily utilized to the screw-tin'oaded extremity of an axle s1 .udle and utilized to transmit sharp blows 1-0 the spindle without injury to the screw-threads, thereby jarring the wheel loose on the spindle.

in the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a sectional view of" a wheel hub sleeved upon on l .e spindle and u sectional viewoi ny improved wheel remover aliixed to the screwthreaded spindle extension. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the wheel ren'iover. Fig. 3 a sectional view, and Fig l an end view thereof. Fig. is a perspective view of the device.

in certain types of automobiles the wheel huhs ere wedged tightly upon tapered spindles and therefore difiicult to remove after protracted use. reduced extension 3 which is screw-threaded to receive anut. A common practice is to remove the nut and strike the end of the extension with a hammer to jar the wheel loose on the spindle. Such treatment better-s and upsets the end of extensionii and injures the screw-threads, especially the lead-in thread.

Assumingthat that is the condition of the spindle extension with a wheel -W tightly wedged upon the spindle, I provide a simple device for jarrin the wheel. loose without injury, and in so doing correct the previous injury to the screw-thread. This device comprising a cylindrical body 4- hos a relatively long axial bore 5 in its outer end, a central chamber 6, and a screw-threadcd opening 7 in its inner end. The n'iouth 8 of opening 7 is of flaring shape and this end of body l is slotted at 2L number of places tangentially in respect to the inner c'rcle doe fined by the lands of the screw-threads oi opening 7. The slots provide a series of sharp cutting edges 10 at the beginning of the screw-thread in'the flaring mouth or en rance 8 which. permits easy attachment of cylinder 4; to extension 3 regardless of a .mutilsted screw-thread thereon. So connected cylinder 4 provides a tubular extension for the spindle adapted to support-and guide a loose plunger.

11 in its longer and smaller bore 5 axially coincident with the axle spindle. Plunger 11 is provided with a flat round head 12 loosely seated within central chamber 6 which prethe plunger car- The spindle Q'has a vents the plunger from slipping outwardly.

The fiat end of heed l2 abuts the end of screwthreaded extei 'on 3, and the opposite end of 'es a cap or collar 14L which is spaced apart from the outer end 15 of cylinder 4; when the cylinder is screwed uponspindle extension 8. A hexagonalenlargenuuit 16 is provided for wrench engagem out of the cylinder, but the cylinder may be hexagoneil its "full length ii desired. Cylinder 4: isscrewed only a short distance upon the spindle extension topermit head 12 to have loose play within chamber 6, 1S cylinder 4: functions only as a fixed guide and su ort for the plunger in wheel removing operations.

Thus when the device is afiixed to the spindle as explained, plungerll is supported in :1 floating position axially opposite the end of theaxle spindle and the operator is enabled to strike the 6X- posed cap i l on the plunger withoutdanger of inutileting or stripping the screw-threads. 'lhus with the present device it is not necessary for the operator to exercise caution in attaching the cylinder to the spindle as it may he screwed only part way and still serve to hold and guide'tho plunger properly. Caper collar is is a separate piece oilhard metal which is secured tightly upon the outer end oil plunger ii in any suitable wnyfior example, hy shrinking'or clamping it thereon. This cap or collar serves several pur poses ;it'provides a re coalo e enlargement adapted to receive the wot u. hsn'i ner; it limits the met euient ot the IfllullgOl in one dire(. 1011; and it co-a with head it in locking the plunger loosely within cylinder i so that the ph'inger and cylinder cannot he separator.

' olccidently.

What I claim, is :o

inp; screw-threaded opening formed with o.

lie-id loosely con linedwithin said opening and adapted to abut agoinst the end of said spindle, anda separate lOClill'lg collar atlixod to the outer end of .aid plunger in spaced relation tothe outer end of said device.

in testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

- FRANKJ. ANDEL. 

